
Thursday Jul 20, 2023
Hope in The Word Mark 3:22-35
Hope Church continues our new series of Podcasts "Hope in the Word". Today we look at Mark 3:22-35 and people share what they learn from this passage and their experiences. David prays and Bob reads the passage for us.
Today's passage deals with the opposition to Jesus, the unforgivable sin which is 'blasphemy against the Holy Spirit' and also Jesus' perspective of family and how it is inclusive to us today.
Mark 3:22–35
[22] And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “by the prince of demons he casts out the demons.” [23] And he called them to him and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan? [24] If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. [25] And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. [26] And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end. [27] But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. Then indeed he may plunder his house.
[28] “Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter, [29] but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”—[30] for they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
[31] And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him. [32] And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers(1) are outside, seeking you.” [33] And he answered them, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” [34] And looking about at those who sat around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! [35] For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother.”
Footnotes
(1) 3:32 Other manuscripts add *and your sisters*
(ESV)
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